The university year has started back once again, and chances are if you’ve been enrolled and are attending lectures and tutorials you’re already bored out of your mind and wishing for summer to roll around one more. Then again maybe not, as I don’t expect everyone had the same upbeat attitude towards uni as me… but I digress.

If you’re looking for some respite from study, the Unified 2008 National Tour might be a worthy distraction, with four of Australia’s finest funkin’ hip-hop acts joining up and hitting the road for a 13,189km, 25-date journey around the country. The tour features Bliss N Eso, True Live, The Funkoars and The Winnie Coopers. But more importantly, there’ll be beer!

Unified 2008 National Tour:

Wed 16th Apr – Canberra, ANU Bar (excluding True Live)
Thu 17th Apr – Wollongong, University Of Wollongong (excluding True Live)
Sat 19th Apr – Sydney, UNSW Roundhouse
Thu 24th Apr – Gold Coast, Griffith University
Fri 25th Apr – Sunshine Coast, Sands Tavern
Sat 26th Apr – Brisbane, QUT University
Wed 30th Apr – Newcastle, Newcastle University
Thu 1st May – Lismore, SCU Lismore
Fri 2nd May – Armidale, UNE Armidale
Sat 3rd May – Coffs Harbour, Coffs University/Hoey Moey
Thu 8th May – Clayton, Monash University
Fri 9th May – Hobart, University Of Tasmania
Sat 10th May – Launceston, Batman Fawkner Inn
Sun 11th May – Launceston, Batman Fawkner Inn (all ages)
Wed 14th May – Wagga Wagga, CSU Wagga Wagga
Thu 15th May – Bathurst, CSU Bathurst
Fri 16th May – Wodonga, Latrobe University
Tue 27th May – Bundoora, Latrobe University
Wed 28th May – Gippsland, Monash University
Thu 29th May – Adelaide, Flinders University
Fri 30th May – Adelaide, Flinders University
Sat 31st May – Melbourne, Monash University Caulfield
Thu 5th Jun – Warnambool, Deakin University
Fri 6th Jun – Geelong, Deakin University

Stay tuned to ITM for updates.